Trump hopes for "peaceful solution" to Donbas conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that they seek a "peaceful solution" to the conflict in Russia-occupied Donbas, the east of Ukraine.

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"I also appreciate Chancellor Merkel's leadership along with the French President [Francois Hollande] to resolve the conflict in Ukraine where we ideally seek a peaceful solution," he said at a joint press conference at the White House on Friday, March 17.